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Most patient’s benefits start over at the beginning of the year. A small handful have a “benefit” year which is something other than a calendar year, typically July to June.  For those that have the majority calendar year policies, this means … Continue reading →

As we approach the end of the year, there are a few things to keep in mind with regards to patient’s health insurance. 1) For many people, their deductibles may actually, finally, be met! This means they should use their … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but I have horrible luck getting COBRA to pay claims the first time.  For some reason, when this special, expensive coverage is supposed to kick in, it doesn’t – time and time again.  Patients always say they’ve … Continue reading →

Nowadays you need to use more and more objective findings to document a patient’s improvement and response to treatment. A major tool to substantiate a patient’s need for care are objective measurement tools such as Oswestry disability indexes, pain questionnaires, … Continue reading →

DESCRIPTION: All the basics and all the details you need to make a living billing your patients’ insurance successfully.  In this book, you will find information such as: How to decide whether to bill insurance or not in your practice … Continue reading →

I have been busy getting the forums up and running. We are planning to have two general forums. One is for discussion of individual insurance companies and the other for a discussion of laws, regulations, and issues from and about … Continue reading →

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I was pleasantly surprised last week when I had a patient sign an addendum to our PI Policy without complaining.  Although she had previously signed the more generic policy stating that, if she became responsible for her bill (if it … Continue reading →

So, here in California at least, all of the Practitioners have been receiving “Cigna election to participate request forms’ to sign and send back to ASH…to reiterate their desire to be a Cigna provider.  Hopefully this will bi-pass any weird … Continue reading →

ASH just posted a reiteration of how the whole Kaiser arrangement works, I would like to recap it here for you since it is important if you see Kaiser patients via ASH. 1) The current referral situation is this:  Kaiser … Continue reading →